After my lumpectomy, I agonized over what my next step would be. The margins around my tumor were clean, which meant I could choose to keep my breast and have radiation and chemotherapy. Or, I could have a mastectomy and chemo. This post tells how I came to have a mastectomy with no breast reconstruction. While this was the right decision for me at the time, I’ve always kept the door open to have reconstruction surgery in the future.